Bar pin



Sept; 18,1923. 1,468,255

A. BIB/PART BAR PIN Filed Nov. 1922 were; Bursar, or' son rn ensues, new ERS PIN; f

To all whom it may cohcem: p Be it known that I, AoHILL BIPPART,"2.

citizen of the UnitedfStates, residing at..

South Orange, county of Essex, and :State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bar Plns, fully described andrepresented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part-of the same,

curing a bar-pin upon the fabric of a dress.

This invention relates to means forsein such manner as to hold the pin flat against the fiibllQlO prevent fromturning or rolling outwardly upon the pintongue, and thereby tip outwardlyupon the dress, and present an unnatural and un sightly view of the pin.

The invention is especially applicable to bar-pins of considerable length in which the pin-tongue, although connected to the bar at both ends, is liable to bend or yield backwardly from the bar, and thus permit the pin to roll in the manner described.-

My invention'provides a means of gripping the bar-pin at the middle of its length firmly to the fabric; the body of thepin' being provided near the middle of its length with a seat upon which the tongue can press the fabric firmly.

Such pressure is effected by curving the tongue convexly toward the body of the pin, so that its middle portion is pressed firmly upon the pin when the point of the pin is sprung inward to engage the retainin hook.

uch gripping of the fabric has a wholly different efiect from merely thrusting the pin longitudinally through the fabric, as the pin-tongue in such case serves merely as a pivot upon which the bar-pin can readily turn or roll into an unnatural and undesirable position, which exposes the edge of the pin instead of the front. 7

The invention is especially applicable to bar-pins having a flange along the edge forming a trough-like body, and the middle seat in such cases is formed as a bridge or.

block between the side-flanges, upon which bridge the middle of the pin grips the material as in a vise.

WVith a pin-tongue several inches in length, the tongue is capable of yielding or bending laterallyebetween its two ends, but when the bridge is provided, as described herein, and the pin curved topress firmly upon it, the stiffness of the pin is increased Application fiied'ncvemter 4, 1922'. Serial 599,144, i

of a pin on'e-lialf its'leng't'h;

The invention will be understood by; reference to the annexed drawing, in which 7 Fig. :1' shows the inner side of-a bar-pin having my improvement, and the pin-tongue turned outward Fig. 2 1'sQaniedg-efview of the bar-pinwith the tongue. closed; Fig.

is an edge view of the pin with'the tongue opened; and Fig. l is a cross sectionof-the bar-pin on line 4-. l in Fig. 1, showingthe space between the; side flan ges'.

In bar-pins heretofore made.;'1t'ha"s, been;

common to project the pivo trbearing and the hook a material di'stance from the body ofthe bar-pin; but the pu'rposeof thepres ent invention is to hold the pinolose toj-thefabric of the. dress;- andthe' pivotbearing and hook in my construction are therefore projected in a lesser degree from the body of the pin. 7 j

Inmy invention the tongue is mounted close to the body or bar,'and draws the pin close 'to' the fabric and grips it .so as to prevent the pin from tipping or rolling over.

The provision of the middle seat, the con yex curving of the'pin, and the limited pros ection of the pivot-bearing and hook all I contribute to the drawing of the pin close. to the dress, and to grip a portion of the fabric, as in a clamp, whiehhas a'very pronounced effect in preventing the turn ing or rolling of the pin. T

In the drawing, 1' designates the plate forming the body of the bar-pin, and 2 the flanges projected rearward along its edges, with a recess or space?) between the flanges. The pivot d forms the joint for'the pintongue 5, and the hook 6 at theend opposite the pivot engages the point of the tongue, I which may besecured therein by a safetycatch 7 in the usual manner.

A seat 8; is formed as a bridge or block; between the side-flanges 2', intermediate to 1 the hook and pivot. This seat does not pro- 7 ject materially above the flanges.

l The pin-tongue 5 is curved convexly upon the side next the seat 8, as'at 5 inFig. '2; and the pivot 4; is located near the level of the fiangetops, as shown in Fig. 2, so that 7 when the tongue is closed it presses upon the seat and lies parallel with the flange-tops. The curvature of thetongue is indicated by contrast with a straight dotted line 5, ex-,

tended from its pivot toits point in Fig. 3, V

V and isrendercd approximately-equaltothat I at 10 in Fig. 4,

and is so proportioned as to press the tongue 5,strongly upon the seat 8, and thus firmly grip the fabric to'which the bar-pin is ap plied.

The middle portion the fabric grasped by the tongue is gripped upon the seat 8 but at each side of said. seat the fabric is crowded into the flanged space,-thus'drawingthe pin close to the fabric.

roll on the tongue if the fabric is merely pierced by the .ton'guefbut in the present construction the pin-tongue grips the fabric like a vise and holds it positively in the desired position. 1

The fabric When'thus'gripped is indicated upon the seat 8. 4 r Asupplemental seat is formed of a block 11 fitted between the side-flanges, as shown in Fig. 1, close to the bearing {l which supports the pivot 4. s

This bearing serves as a stop to set the pin-tongue parallel With the tops of the flanges 2 when the pin-tongue is pressed upon the seat 8. v V

This stop is made of such Itis obvious that the bar-pin can freely pressedby the pin-tongue 5 height as to arrest the pin-tongue slightly-beforeit touches r the seat, thus pres'singthetongue "upon the block and holding the tongue stii'fiy during the use of the barfping 7 Having thus set forththe nature of the vention What is claimed herein is:

1Q A bar-pin having a body-plate, flanges upon the edges of .therear side forming a recess between the flanges, an integral seat upon the rear side of the'pin disposed transversely between the endsof the body, and

a pin-tongue supported close to the recess between the flanges, and, operated to gripthe dress fabric close to such recess and thus. pin close to the surface of the j draw the fabric.

2. A bar-pin having body-plate with flanges upon its edges at the rearside; a seat disposedtransversely between the flanges l near the middle oftheir length, and a pintongue pivoted upon/the body substantially at a level with the flange tops and operating to hold the pin close to the fabric engaged."

In testimony-whereof I have hereunto set in-yhand. V

ACHILLBIPPARTQ; 

